An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
backflow
backflow
noun
The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.
verb
To flow in the wrong or backward direction.
backwood
backwood
adj
Native to or located in a remote rural location.
Rustic, unsophisticated, countrified.
backword
backword
noun
A contention, retort, or reply.
A contradiction or answer to put off an engagement; a countermand.
A section of commentary at the end of a book.
backworm
backworm
noun
(obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.
backwort
bawcocks
bawcocks
noun
plural of bawcock
blowback
blowback
noun
(computing) Synonym of backscatter.
(firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.
(rail transport) On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.
(slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action.
blowcock
bostwick
brockway
browsick
cagework
cagework
noun
A cage or cage-like structure.
canework
canework
noun
Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems).
capework
capework
noun
The use of a cape, in bullfighting, to distract the bull
casework
casework
noun
The work required to deal with cases in any profession where a "case" has a specific definition (e.g. legal, social work, planning, etc.).
checkrow
checkrow
verb
(agriculture) To plant seeds at the intersections of a criss-cross pattern previously marked out on the ground.
cockawee
cockawee
noun
Synonym of long-tailed duck
cockcrow
cockcrow
noun
The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light
cockweed
cockweed
noun
(slang, vulgar) An obnoxious fool.
(uncountable) peppergrass
cokewold
cookware
cookware
noun
The assorted objects, such as pots, pans, baking sheets, etc., used for cooking
corkwing
corkwing
noun
corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)
corkwood
corkwood
noun
Annona glabra, a plant found in the West Indies.
Caldcluvia paniculosa, a soft barked corkwood from Australia in the coachwood family.
Commiphora angolensis or sand corkwood, a shrub species growing mainly in Angola and Namibia.
Duboisia, a genus with species found in Australia.
Endiandra sieberi, a corkwood from Australia in the laurel family.
Entelea arborescens, a species found in New Zealand.
Erythrina vespertilio (grey corkwood), a species from Australia.
Hakea suberea, a species found in Australia.
Leitneria floridana, a species found in southeastern North America.
Melicope, a genus with species in Australia.
Musanga cecropioides or African corkwood, a species found in Africa.
Sesbania grandiflora, a species found in southeast Asia and northern Australia, with edible flowers.
The wood of Quercus suber, the cork oak.
cowlicks
cowlicks
noun
plural of cowlick
coworker
coworker
noun
Somebody with whom one works.
cowpokes
cowpokes
noun
plural of cowpoke
cowquake
cowquake
noun
quaking grass; Briza media
cowskins
cowskins
noun
plural of cowskin
cragwork
cribwork
cribwork
noun
cribbing (structural members)
cutworks
cutworks
noun
plural of cutwork
dowhacky
downtick
downtick
noun
(finance) A stock market transaction or quote at a price below a preceding one.
A small decrease or downward change in something that has been steady or rising.
ducktown
ductwork
ductwork
noun
The system of ducts in a particular building.
facework
facework
noun
(mining) work done at the face, such as the coalface
(sociology, psychology) The communicative strategies involved in upholding face, or social prestige.
The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
hackwood
hackwork
hackwork
noun
Work, usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or done to a formula.
jackwood
jackwood
noun
Cryptocarya glaucescens, a rainforest tree of eastern Australia whose bark is dark brown or reddish-brown and often scaly.
katowice
katowice
Proper noun
A city in southern Poland, capital of Silesian Voivodeship.
kiaochow
kickdown
kickdown
noun
(automotive) In a vehicle with automatic transmission, a downshift triggered by pressing down the throttle pedal.
kingchow
kweichow
lacework
lacework
noun
A piece or example of lace.
lockjaws
lockjaws
noun
plural of lockjaw
lockwood
lockwood
Proper noun
An area of Huddersfield named after a local family
lockwork
lockwork
noun
(firearms) The assembly forming the firing mechanism of a gun.
lodowick
muckworm
muckworm
noun
A larva living in mud or manure.
Someone who gathers wealth through overwork of employees and sordid means; a miser.
nawrocki
nicktown
packwood
packwood
Proper noun
A ghost town in California.
A city in Iowa.
pickwork
plowback
pockweed
pockwood
pockwood
noun
(archaic) lignum vitae
rackwork
rackwork
noun
Any mechanism with a rack, such as a rack and pinion.
rickwood
rockaway
rockaway
noun
(dated, uncommon) A light, low, four-wheeled carriage with standing top, open at the sides, but with waterproof curtains for bad weather.
(dated, uncommon) A similar but heavier carriage, enclosed except at the front, and with a door at each side.
rockview
rockwall
rockward
rockweed
rockweed
noun
Ascophyllum nodosum, a seaweed also known as knotted wrack.
Fucus vesiculosus, a similar seaweed also known as bladderwrack.
rockwell
rockwood
rockwood
noun
(mineralogy) fossil wood
(mineralogy) ligniform asbestos
rockwork
rockwork
noun
(climbing) The act of climbing a rock face, cliff, etc.
Ornamental work done with rocks, as for example around a pond.
rowlocks
rowlocks
noun
plural of rowlock
scowbank
slowback
slowback
noun
(archaic, slang) A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.
snowpack
snowpack
noun
An accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.
stockbow
swordick
swordick
noun
(Orkney) The spotted gunnel (Muraenoides gunnellus).
tresckow
warlocks
warlocks
noun
plural of warlock
wedlocks
wedlocks
noun
plural of wedlock
whallock
wheelock
whetrock
whinnock
whinnock
noun
(UK, dialect) A milk-pail.
(UK, dialect) The smallest pig in a litter; the runt.
whitlock
windsock
windsock
noun
(aviation) A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.
winnocks
wipstock
woodcock
woodcock
noun
A simpleton.
Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, of the family Scolopacidae, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.
woodhack
woodhack
Noun
The yaffle
woodpeck
woodpeck
noun
Obsolete form of woodpecker.
woodrick
woodrick
noun
A rick, or stack, of wood.
woodrock
woodrock
noun
(mineralogy) A compact wood-like variety of asbestos.
woolpack
woolpack
noun
(heraldry) A charge resembling a pillow or cushion.
A bag of wool, traditionally weighing 240 pounds.
A cirrocumulus cloud.
woolsack
woolsack
noun
A bag or bale of wool.
A seat made of wool; (specifically) the traditional seat of the British Lord Chancellor (since 2006 of the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords); hence (by metonymy) the post of Lord-Chancellor.